Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 7:53 am +0100 20/1/00, D Khong wrote: >>Mikiro wrote: >>"Summitar for memory; Summicron for reality" Too >>poetic? >> >>Not at all too poetic, IMHO. Isn't photography more memory than reality >>anyway? >>Too "artsy" a statement? >> >>Mark Rutledge >>markrut@ticnet.com >> > >Not too artsy. I have posted a Summitar shot in: > >http://content.communities.msn.com/Leicausers/PhotoAlbum > >under "50mm Images". > >You may view it and give your commenst. > >Dan K. Good shot, Dan. I hope I will be able to post mine, too. ;-) An old pro, Shotaro Akiyama, writes that Summitar changes from "cotton" to "silk" when stopped down. He prefers this lens to Summicron when he shoots women in kimonos. Cheers, Mikiro